Thursday, July 11, 2013

The New Beginning




Professionals Toastmaster Club held its last meeting before the holy month of Ramzan on July 7th, 2013. The usual club meetings will be resumed after Eid. Total 12 people attended the meeting. The main attraction of the meeting was the induction of the new club officers with TM Hanif Sattar as the new President of the club. We all wish him Godspeed!


Professionals Toastmaster was also lucky as its member, TM Zafar Iqbal, wrote an article based on the theme of its meeting of 23rd June, 2013. It was published in Business Recorder: www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brecorder.com%2Farticles-a-letters%2F187%2F1203848%2F&ei=5YHeUceWK6nx4QS8toHYDg&usg=AFQjCNFDsVLcT_DraZ9KTvUSkragnd0yvQ&sig2=RUubckzMa-caW2NsMBDhbQ&bvm=bv.48705608,d.bGE. The title of the article is, “Forces of success in businesses.”

The oath was observed by TM Shahrukh and the lectern was handed over to the Presiding Officer, TM Sameer. Toastmaster of the Evening was TM Hanif and Table Topics Master was TM Parveen. TM Fazal was the General as well as Table Topics Evaluator. The theme of the meeting was, ‘Patience.’
Roles were performed by TM Furquan as the Timer, TM Ferozi as the Ah-Counter and TM Arshad as the Word Master. The word of the day was ‘Prod.’



In Table Topics Session, following topics were assigned to the speaker:

Speaker                           Topics

TM Sameer:  Is our government in a hurry?
TM Fazal: Your impression on rallies.
TM Shahrukh: Hast in journalism.
TM Hanif: Stuck in Traffic Jam.
TM Ferozi: How to be patient in face of terrorism?
TM Furquan: Do you believe in luck?
TM Zohaib: Life is an opportunity to be availed.
TM Qadeer: Life is precious, take care of it.
TM Arshad: People are always late and not on time on special occasions.
TM Shimaila: Favourite Season.
TM Asiya: Do you consider yourself a lucky person?
TM Parveen: Your experience as a Toastmaster.


In the end, TM Sameer conducted the inauguration ceremony and handed the gavel to TM Hanif as the new President, marking the new beginning for the Professionals Toastmasters Club.

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Professional Toastmasters Club is part of the global toastmasters club family. There are over 10,000 toastmasters clubs operating worldwide. Professional Toastmasters Club is chartered with Toastmasters International, a non-profit organisation dedicated to making effective communication a worldwide reality. There are four Toastmasters clubs currently operating in Karachi. These clubs following the same training format developed by Toastmasters International and is a time tested method to improve communication skills. Once an individual becomes member of a club, he/she is given same training opportunity and benefits irrespective of the professional or personal background. Meeting Programme: The club meetings every sunday from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm at Carlton Hotel. The programme is comprised of three segments: table topics; prepared speeches; and evaluations.